Lamp support for automobile running boards



July 3, 1928.

W. A. GULLETTE LAMP SUPPORT FOR AUTOMOBILE RUNNING BOARDS Original Filed May 12, 1927 INVENTO BY WHTTOHNE? `Patented July 3, 1928.

UNiTEosfrATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A.GULLETTE, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOI-t, BY MESNE AS- SIGNLENTS, TOMARY ISABEL GULLETTE, 0F WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

A' LAMP SUPPORT FOR AUTOMOBILE AIEtUIN'NllNl'G' BOAEDS.

Original application led May 12, 1927, Serial No. 190,809.

November 14, 1927.

A further object is to provide a lamp sup port of the character disclosed in my pending application for Letters Patent, Serial bla-190,809, of which t-his is a division.

In describing the'invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is atop plan view of the invention, applied to a running board;

Figure 2' is a side elevation ot .the same;

Figure 3 is a sectional elevation on line 3 3, Fig. l;

Figure 4 is a sectional elevation on line 4 4, Fig. 3; and

Figure 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 3.

Referring to said drawings, l designates the horizontally disposed body portion of a fiat plate, herein shown as rectangular in form, which constitutes a bracket for the support of an electric lamp casing 2, said plate having its outer end turned upwardly and having said lan'ip casing rigidly mount` ed in upright position thereon. The opposite end of said bracket is loosely mounted on an upright pivot-pin 4 which is fixed in the inner en d portion .of a transversely disposed base plate 3 carried by the top surface 'of the running board 5 of an automobile, said plate being secured on said running board by means of bolts The bracket4 1 is normally 'disposed in overlying seated relation to the plate 3, or to a-washer 7 interposed between its inner end portion and said plate. The pivotal mounting described provides for swinging ithe lainpfrom its operative position, shown in full linesv in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, to either of the two broken line positions shown in Fig. 1, as when-the lamp is. not in use. Further, said pivotal mounting provides for allowing the lamp to be swung to a' non-pro- .jecting position relative to the running board by obstructions encountered thereby at the side of the roadway, which obstructions might otherwise break the lamp or its mounting. I

To secure the lamp against chance shift- 'ment of said bracket to :position in which it is engaged with said Divided and this application led Serial No. 232,999. l

ing movement from its operative position due to the vibration of the car in travel, the upwardly projecting rounded head of a button 8 borne by the plate adjacent to the outer end of tlieV latter is received within a correspondingly shaped seat formed by an indentation or hole 9 provided in the bracket, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5.

A- compression spring l0 encircling thel projecting upper end portion of the pivot pin 4 and interposed between the washer 7 and the head of said pin, or a shield-like cap 11 which underlies said head, serves normally to maintain said bracket yieldingly seated relative to the plate 3 and the but-ton 8 of the latter and to permit swinging moveand from operative button.

As shown, the bracket supports the lamp in a position in which it projects outwardly somewhat with respect to the outer edge of the right hand running board, in which position the lam-p may function to project the light rays past, the outer edge of the right front mud guard for illuminating the side of the roadway.

lWhat is claimed is C 1-. A lamp support for automobile run` ning boards, comprising a base plate adapted to be rigidly mounted transversely upon the running board, an upright pivot pin car# ried by the inner end of said plate, a platelike bracket having an end mounted on said pivot pin and adapted to swing upon the latter to and from a position in overlying relation to said base plate, said bracket having its outer end constituting a lamp mounting, and coacting means borne by said plateand said bracketvwhereby chance movement of the bracket from its sitiony is prevented.

2. A lamp suppoit for automobile run?v ning boards, comprising a base plate"f0r plate overlying porigidly mountingin transverse relation to the running board, an upright pivot pin carried by the inner end of said plate, a bracket having an end loosely mounted on said pivot pin and adapted for rotary movement on the latter to and from plate overlying position, means yieldingly holding said bracket depressed relative to said plate, said bracket having its outer .end constituting a lamp mounting, and interengageable means borne by said plate and said bracket whereby the latter is normally held against chance movement from its plate overlying position.

3. A lamp support for automobile running boards, comprising a base plate for rigidly mounting in transverse relation to the runing board` an upright pivot pin carried by the inner end of said plate, a bracket having an end loosely mounted on said pivot pin and adapted for rotary movement on the latter to and from overlying position, said bracket having a seat rovided in its under side, a button carried ly the base plate for engagement with said occupies plate overlying position, and means yieldingly maintaining said bracket in depressed relation to said plate whereby chance disengagement between said seat and said button is prevented.

seat when the bracket 4. A lamp support for automobile running boards, comprising a base plate for rigidly mounting in transverse relation to the running board, an upright pivot pin carried by the inner end of said plate, a bracket having an end loosely mounted on said pivot nin and adapted for rotary movement on the latter to and from plate overlying position, said bracket having a seat provided in its under side, a button carried by the base plate for engagement with said seat when the bracket oceupiesplate overlying position,

and a compression springl carried bv said pin and exerting downwardly directed pressure upon said bracket for yieldingly maintaining the interengaged relation between said button and said seat.

In' testimony whereof, I -atiix my signature.

VILLIAM A. GULLETTE. 

